In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science journal is now available. In this month’s issue: ESSAY...
How restoring functional flows to floodplains could help restore native fish Two centuries ago, the floor of the Central Valley was largely a marshy wetland. In the springtime, the snowpack would melt, swelling the rivers beyond their banks and casting...
Dr. Eric Stein is the principal scientist at Southern California Coastal Water Research Project where he oversees a variety of...
Scientists discovered stronger and longer atmospheric rivers that lead to increasing precipitation extremes over the region By Pacific Northwest National...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary & Watershed Science is now available online. In this issue: ESSAY Accounting for Water ‘Wasted to the Sea’ Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell, and Brian Gray DOI // URL RESEARCH Improving Multi-Objective Ecological...
At the March 20th meeting of the State Water Board, Delta Lead Scientist Dr. Callaway updated the board members on...
Establishing environmental flow targets to protect aquatic communities is a priority for numerous programs in California including in the Delta....
By Julie Chao, Berkeley Lab California relies on the Sierra Nevada snowpack for a significant portion of its water needs, yet scientists understand very little about how future changes in snowpack volume and timing will influence surface water and groundwater....
The Science Enterprise Workshop, held in the fall of 2016, brought together scientists and science-policy experts from across the country...
RESEARCH 21st Century Water Storage Strategies Barry Nelson DOI // URL Simulation of Subsidence Mitigation Effects on Island Drain Flow, Seepage, and...
The latest issue of the San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science is now available online. Research highlighted in this month’s issue: Science Advancements Key to Increasing Management Value of Life Stage Monitoring Networks for Endangered Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon...
Dr. Bruce Herbold is a retired EPA fish biologist and now a consultant on the same issues. In this presentation...
The Adopt a Stream program of the Truckee River Watershed Council has grown from a one-day monitoring event to quarterly...
Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California demonstrate that the state is experiencing an increasingly volatile precipitation regime. By the USGS, Climate Adaptation Science Centers Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California...